The Ember Blade Quotes

“Every day, a person should learn something, experience something, do something that left them changed, even in a small way.”
― Chris Wooding, The Ember Blade

“But a man who values nothing is hardly alive at all.”
― Chris Wooding, The Ember Blade

“Let each dawn find you differently.”
― Chris Wooding, The Ember Blade

“Strange is the speech of spirits. They will send you by crooked paths.”
― Chris Wooding, The Ember Blade

“Long ago, she’d come to realise that not everybody was like her, that the minds of most were not full of restless curiosity and calculation but rather with bovine meanderings interspersed with lengthy periods of vacancy. She pitied and envied them at the same time. There were moments when she thought it might be a relief to be so benighted, to be free of the frustrations and cares of intellect. But she might as well have wished she were a cat.”
― Chris Wooding, The Ember Blade

“Her heart lifted as sunlight fell on her face. A new dawn, a new start, and new hope. The daily miracle.”
― Chris Wooding, The Ember Blade

“We are each tested in our own way.”
― Chris Wooding, The Ember Blade

“No country that called itself civilised should incarcerate a boy for courting the wrong girl, nor should sons be punished for the crimes of their father.”
― Chris Wooding, The Ember Blade

“There is no victory without sacrifice.”
― Chris Wooding, The Ember Blade

“Mercy's cheap coin if it's given too freely.”
― Chris Wooding, The Ember Blade

“If you only see the enemy, you don't see the man. People are more than just enemies and friends, opponents and allies.”
― Chris Wooding, The Ember Blade

“To overcome your enemy, you must first understand him.”
― Chris Wooding, The Ember Blade